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Halen Snurrell of London. has made q

Helen Spurrell, of London, has made a
translation of the Bible which is highly
praised by scholars and is said to be far
more enjoyable to the English reader
than the revised version" Of the COM
mittee. This woman, we are told, seems
to have drunk in the dramatic spirit of
the Hebrew more profoundly than the
male translators, While her original ar
rangement of the Psalms, Songs of Solo
mon and several other books, furnishes a
key to clearer Interpretation. In the Ian
guage Of a reviewer, " no translator in the
future will venture to ignore her work. y
The discovery is announced that the six
men who started the carpenters strike In
Chicago are all foreigners, not natnralized,
and can't speak a word of English. This
seams to prove that Americans are the
biggest fools in the world. Does anyone
imagine that six Yankees could go into
any of the great cities of Continental
Europe and there invite artisans to
quarrel with their bread and butter
Yet Americans let raw Immigrants do
this with them.-Alta.
A Boston dispatch of Saturday says t:
The friends of Franklin J. Moses, law
yer and ex.judge and Ex-Governor OF
South Carolina, have made application to
Gov. Ames and the Council for pardon.
Moses in October, 1885, was sentenced
to three years in the State prison, having
been convicted of forgery. 1t stated that
he is in poor health.
At San Francisco last Friday the GUS
toms officers seized one hundred and tif-
teen cases, marked "Nut OIL" on the
steamer Rio Janeiro from China, which
arrived on Wednesday. The cases upon
being opened were found to contain her.
metically sealed cans of opium, placed in
nut oil. The seizure is valued at SIC, 900.
The Sheriff Of Anderson county says
that Of the prisoners entrusted to his care,
only about one out of every twenty were
from the class who were formerly slaves.
He has been taking strict note OF his pris-
oners, and marked this fact particularly.
A remarkably good showing in favor OF
the morality of the old time servants.
That there shonld be Christ, and that
I should be Christless; that there should
be cleansing, and I should remain foul |;
that there should be Fathers love, and
7 should be an alien that there should
be heaven, and l should be cast into
hell, is grief embittered, sorrow aggra-
| waited.
The Methodist Book Concern in New
York city having ontgrown the capacity
of the property, it is intended 10 sell the
property and erect buildings adapted to
the needs Of the Methodist publishing
interests. 1t is said such building can
now be put up free from debt.
Mr.. Walter S. Monteith, a lawyer of
this city was recently licensed to preach
by the Quarterly Conference. Hepreach-
ed his first sermon at night, May Is, in
Marion Street church. A large congre-
CATION was present. Reports of the dis
course are quite favorable.
The worst two evils within the domain
Of Christendom in our time are luxurious
living among church and loose
thinking among religious teachers. When
the two 90 toe ether we have religious
club instead of chnrch.-JoSeph Cook.
a bar of iron, worth S., worked into
horse-shoes, is said to be worth Sl0.50;
made into needles it is worth 1885, made
into penknife blades it is worth S3,2S5 !;
made into balance springs of watches, it
is worth $3.50, 900.
The prohibitory amendment will Q
voted on in Texas, Thursday, August 4 /;
Tennessee, Thursday, September 90; Ore
gon, Tuesday, November 3, 1887; West
Virginia, Tuesday, November 6, 1888.
The more people do. the more they can
do; he that does nothing renders himself
incapable of doing anything; while we
are executing one work, we are prepar-
ing ourselves to undertake another.
The farmers about Chcboygan, Mich,
are fighting forest fires. The drought
has dried up all the creeks. Unless rain
soon comes the loss to the farmers and
lumbermen will be heavy.
VIM. II. Sanford, Davies Co., Indiana,
Monday night shot and Killed his 16 year
old son, mistaking him for burglar.
The boy was somnamulist and was
walking in his sleep.
y passenger train on the International
and Great Northern Road was robbed
May Is (night) at McNeill Station, near
Austin, Texas, by band of fifteen high
waymen.
Canon Falls, Minn., was nearly de-
stroyed by fire on the night of May 90.
Only small portion of the business part
was saved. Loss placed at 100000.
The General Assembly of Southern
Presbyterians convened at ST. Louis, Mo-,
May l9. DR.. Strickler Of Atlanta was
elected Moderator.
In his friendly way Rev. S. D.
Vaughan turned himself into the NEIGH
BoR Office last Monday.